We are in reoript of your letter whloh reads, in part, a8 20110~s:

WPursuant to a request OS the United States of gduoation, we are requesting an opin- Office ion as to the authorization Texas through Its State Board whioh administers vooational for the State of education to conduot such oourses of vg;;ational training as are required by P.L.No. Seventy-sixth Congress, Chapter 437, Third Ses&on, Title One, under the heading Office oi Educetion, that said State is authorized to omn- ply in all respects with said law and that the State Tressurer of said State is authorized to ; act as custodian of, and disburse, as receive trustee, upon the requisition of the State Board which administers vocational education, all suma of money whioh may be paid to said State pursu- ant to said law.

“These funds , set up as part 0r a vocation? al training program ior national defense, are to be used to oonduct such training through programs the use of looal publio sohool facilities now in existence through utilizing such facllitles in hours outside school work. is an- of reguler It tioipated that these funds shall be deposited with v the State Treasurer and be disbursed upon requial- tion by the State Board for Vocational Eduoation in accordance with the State plans ior voaational training for national defense as set up and ap- proved by the State Board for Vocational Educa- tion and the Unlted State Office of Education and in aooordanoe with the Federal requirements. Attached la a copy of the telegram received from Mr. J. W. Studebaker, Commissioner of Education, United States Office of Education.* The 8tate of Texas has been cooperating for many *2 Eon. T. Y. Trimble, Page 2 and min-

yrarr with the Federal government in eatabllshing. and a program of vooational taining oourees of instruotlon, training through the public rohool8 ai Texas, said training having barn direoted by the State Board of Xduoation aoting as the State Board of V’ooa onal Rduoation of thie State.

We have been turniahed a l&e ographod pamphlet by thr Fed- eral Srourity Aganry, U. 9: Rlfloe of Rdnoatlon, MIao. 2390, to 0rri00 0s l dta- aontalning l xoer pt0 from R.R. 10104 relating cation, paared by Oongreaa June 22, 1940, whioh wa as8uma omreotly states the subrtanor and purpose oi P.L. lo. 66g, Seventy-rlrth Oongreas, Chapter 437, Third Oalled Session, Title I.

We hare also been advised verbally by repreaanta- tires or your department that this program in faot reprs- senta an expansion or supplementation of the vooatlonal sdu- v oation training now oondnoted by the Stat. in oooperation with the Federal government, and that partioular emphasis is to be plaoed upon vooational training in industries es- ,/’ oost or this ex- sentlal to national dafenao. The entire panded program is to be borne by the Fedoral government. \/

Senate Bill No. 427, Aota of Regular Session of v, the Forty-sixth Legislature of Texas, authorizes the proper I. offioiala of State departments to aooept grants from the Federal government to be used on State oooperative and other Federal projects and programs in Texas, and author- in the State weasury, whioh ‘I izes such funds to be deposited funds are appropriated for the speoitlo purpbse authorized / by the Federal government.

Based upon our understanding of the purposes and. provisiona of the Federal Aot In question, it is our opin- ‘_ ion that the State of Texas, through its State Board of Vooational Eduoation, is authorized to oonduot auoh ooursea of vooatlonal training as are required by P.L. Ro. 668, 0 Seventy-sixth Oongress, Chapter 437, Third Session, Title I, under the headlngROffioe of Eduoationw, and that aaid Bard is authorized to oomply in all reapeots with aaid law; and that the Treasurer of the State of Texas la au- thorized to receive, act aa custodian of, and disburse, s

upon the reqmmper State offioers, sums of money whioh may be deposited in the State Treas-

%?-* :I ury pursuant to said law.

Yours very truly ATTCRNEYGENERALLTEXAS CCC:FG:jrb BJ /I/ aO0ii 0. Oammaok

Aaeietant APPROVED JULY 6, 1940

/a/ Glenn R. Lewis ATT(RNJVY GRNXRAL OF TEXAS APPROVED OPIWI’XV OOh!MlTl!ER

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